Random Trivia Quiz No. 123

[Carl]

• 1. What is equinophobia the fear of ?

• 2. How many events are there in a heptathalon ?

• 3. What is the fear of commitment known as ?

• 4. In 1963 the New York Zoo’s Great Ape House was home to the "most dangerous animal in the world" exhibit. What was the exhibit ?

• 5. What was the first video game played in space ?

• 6. What is the largest key on a standard computer keyboard ?

• 7. In the standard game of Scrabble, what is the value of the letter "Q" ?

• 8. What type of athlete is also called a powder puff, tanker, catcher or knuckle duster ?

• 9. What is the opposite of an utopia ?

• 10. What company owns both the Hot Wheels and Matchbox brands ?

• 11. What type of surface is curling played on ?

• 12. What is the lowest ranking ace in bridge ?

• 13. Something that is toward the end or away from the center of the body can also be called what ?

• 14. Bohea is a type of what ?

• 15. What do climbers rub on their hands for extra grip ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

1 Horses
2 Seven

[gail]

6. Space bar
11. Ice

[LucindaC]

9 dystopia
15 chalk

[elcarretero]

4 Humans

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is equinophobia the fear of ? Horses

• 2. How many events are there in a heptathalon ? 7

• 3. What is the fear of commitment known as ? Gamophobia

• 4. In 1963, the New York Zoo’s Great Ape House was home to the "most dangerous animal in the world" exhibit. What was the exhibit ? A mirror

• 5. What was the first video game played in space ? Tetris

• 6. What is the largest key on a standard computer keyboard ? The space bar

• 7. In the standard game of Scrabble, what is the value of the letter "Q" ? 10

• 8. What type of athlete is also called a powder puff, tanker, catcher or knuckle duster ? A boxer

• 9. What is the opposite of an utopia ? Dystopia

• 10. What company owns both the Hot Wheels and Matchbox brands ? Mattel

• 11. What type of surface is curling played on ? Ice

• 12. What is the lowest ranking ace in bridge ? Clubs

• 13. Something that is toward the end or away from the center of the body can also be called what ? Distal

• 14. Bohea is a type of what ? Tea

• 15. What do climbers rub on their hands for extra grip ? Chalk